But Godwin, 48, was intimately familiar with the details during an interview Sunday night, because of what law enforcement, witnesses and family members who had the stomach to watch the video have recounted to him. Even with all the information he received, he still cannot watch the video itself.

"I haven't watched the video. I haven't even looked at my cellphone or the news," Godwin said. "I don't really want to see it."

Robert Godwin Sr., 74, was shot down by Steve Stephens on East 93rd Street, just south of Interstate 90 in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood, Cleveland police said. Stephens broadcast the shooting on Facebook.

(Editor's note: Late Sunday, a Facebook representative confirmed that the video of the shooting was not broadcast live as indicated in an earlier version of this story. The video was recorded and uploaded.)

Investigators said the killing appeared to be random. Godwin Sr.'s son said he did not know Stephens or Joy Lane, a woman with whom Stephens said he was having relationship issues.

Stephens was still at large late Sunday, and a large manhunt was underway to capture him. Stephens posted several claims, through Facebook status updates and live videos, that he killed up to 15 people, though Cleveland police Chief Calvin Williams said Sunday that no other shooting victims have been found that could be connected to Stephens.

Robert Godwin Jr. said his father, a retired foundry worker, left behind 10 children, 14 grandchildren and a lot of great grandchildren. He described his father as a "good guy" who was quiet and always respectful.

He said his father went fishing on Saturday, another hobby he indulged in during his retirement. He said Godwin Sr. collected aluminum cans and often walked with a shopping bag to pick up ones he saw on the ground.

Godwin Jr. said his father was looking for cans during a walk on Sunday, Sav-A-Lot bag in tow, when he was approached by Stephens.

He said he last saw his father Sunday morning when his father came by his house to pick up a piece of basketball equipment for one of his other sons.

"He hugged my wife and me and said 'I'll see you guys next time,'" Godwin Jr. recounted. "I said 'OK, enjoy your Easter.'"

He later got the call about what happened and went to the scene. By the time he arrived, his father's body had already been taken away by an ambulance.

"When the detective walked up, she didn't have to open her mouth because her vest said 'homicide,'" Robert Godwin Jr. said.

Godwin Jr. said his family is still processing what happened and waiting for police to arrest Stephens.

"I just want him caught ... because he can do it to somebody else," Robert Godwin Jr. said.